I used to subscribe to various newsletters and endlessly struggled with my email inbox being swamped. It felt like a losing battle, but I have since learnt to stay on top by applying my smart tips about handling emails. As usual there is no rocket science in such...
One of the quarks of the English language is how one word can be used in so many different ways. For example, in my last post I talked about a “will do” list. The same word “Will” is used to refer to the ability to apply yourself to something...
A friend once sent me a beautiful, hand-written card a few years ago – I now refer to this card anytime I seek added inspiration. These famous words are from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:- Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Until one is committed there is...
The Gandhi play I watched earlier this week was called “Sammy! – A word that broke an Empire” since Sammy was the insult thrown at Indians in South Africa. This was around the time Gandhi was there in the later part of the 19th century. What South Africans did...
People often ask me about how to train to become a coach etc. At one time, I used to immediately connect them with a couple of coaching schools. But now I tell them that what the world needs today is not more coaches or even more New Year resolutions to have more, do...
As a result of all the snow today around the UK, a number of schools closed for the day. Tomorrow, I was due to speak to deliver some workshops to around 300 pupils at my old school, over 20 years after leaving. But the weather has meant that the workshops have also...
